Numidia Mennonite Bible School - Reflector Yearbook (Numidia, PA)

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SONG LEADERSHIP . . . l will sing unlo lhe Lord, for he halh lriumphed gloriously . . Exodus l5:l. Parl of lhe heaven on earlh lhal lhe re- deemed of lhe Lord enjoy now, is good old- fashioned singing of hymns wilh deep meaning. While congregalional singing is basically for lhe honor and glory of God, il is also for lhe edificalion of lhe sainls. One of lhe prerequisiles of good singing is people who are living in Chrislian viclory, and anolher is a well lrained enlhusiaslic song leader. Brolher Aaron Weaver lried lo leach lwelve of us fellows lhe basic principles of song leadership. Slumbling along, ralher off-key, and shak- ing visibly, some of us began lo lead our firsl songs. Progress was made bul we all cerlainly realize lhe need 'for more progress. - Mosl imporlanl, Brolher Aaron laughl us whal kind. of songs lo sing. .Also we spenl some lime on lhe allilude and personalily of lhe song leader, bul mosl of all we were impressed wilh lhe responsibilily we would have in lead- ggdlhe lhoughls of our congregalions loward o . A r -Slephen Ebersole l CHRISTIAN WRITING And I have filled him wilh lhe spirif of God, in wisdom, and in underslanding, and in knowledge and inall manner of workmanship. Ex. 3I:3. Time and lime again Brolher Glenn Sensenig impressed upon us lhal lhe abilily lo conceive lhoughls, pul lhem in lhe wrillen form in such a manner lhal lhey will allracl and keep lhe allenlion of lhe reader, and convey a meaningful message is from lhe Lord, and nol of ourselves. , Sound reading expands our menlal horizon. The need for wrilers is increasing wilh more people reading and people reading more. The firsl lhree requisiles for wriling are a vision of lhe need, prayer, and burden. We learned. slep by slep how lo conslrucl narralives and arlicles. Conslruclive crilicism in lhe classroom was beneficial in leaching us proficiency in lhe minislry of lhe wrillen word for lhe furlherance of lhe Gospel. -Pauline Seibel CHRISTIA HOME A class of aboul enly-five sfudenls mel wilh John Sensenig as leacher, lo sludy a course on The Chrislian I-lome. Wilh each one giving his lhoughl we hadran inleresling class. Firsl we discussed 'a lesson on courlship, and husband and wife relalionship. We dis- covered lhalin order for a couple lo live logelher lhey musl agree in every area of life before slarling a home. The home is a nursery lhrough which each individual passes lhrough on lhe way lo heaven or hell. I ' A Children are lhe fruil of love, nol lusls. Children are an herifage of lhe Lord. which will bind a husband and wife logelher like- nolhing else can. Thy wife shall be as a fruilful vine by lhe sides of lhine house. Thv children like olive planls 'round aboul lhy lable. A The home musl guard againsl delrimenlal influences, in lhe form of worldly books, rec- ords, elc. The church is no slronger lhan lhe homes lhal compose il. 1. The class gave us a grealer desire lo have slrong Chrislian Homes. I g -Arlen Mack l PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING Some leachers have more nalural abilily lo leach lhan olhers. Every feacher has re- ceived help from olhers, and everyone musl pul forlh an efforl lo 'make himself a leacher. This is a subiecl nol only for lhose who are lhinking aboul leaching grade school bul also proves helpful lo lhe Sunday School leacher. We learned lhal lo leach. one musl firsl speak lo lhe menlalily of lhe pupil, lhen lhe per- sonalily, finally lhe spirilual area of lhe pupil. We were laughl how lo use aids, queslions. elc. We also had lhe privilege of lislening lo olhers in our class give illuslralions. and how lhey would make lhe poinl of conlacl, and frame queslions from lhe Bible. This sludy showed lhe imporlance of lhe Sunday School leacher, and we never know when God will ll l lh l onsibilily. ' Ca Us O G resp ' -Blanche. Sauder 30

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PERSONAL EVANGELISM ln our sTudies oT Personal Evangelism, we used The book en+i+led Personal Soul Winning. This class was TaughT by BroTher Alvin Snyder. Mark l6:I5 reads, And l-le said unTo Them. Go ye inTo all The world, and preach The gospel To every creaTure. ChrisT sTill gives us This command Today To go and preach To The losT world. We as ChrisTians are disciples oT ChrisT, so we oughT To be bringing souls inTo l-lis kingdom. A soul searching quesTion Tor each oT us is. When did l lasT speak To someone abouT Their soul? We also discussed diTTerenT ways oT wiTnessing and how To deal wiTh diTTerenT relig- ions and culTs. There were Times when we shared personal experiences which were very valuable. Many Times we can be sTrengThened as well as learning new meThods Trom each oTher. AT Times BroTher Alvin would seT up a siT- uaTion ThaT we as personal workers mighT geT inTo, Then he would challenge us wiTh The guesTion, WhaT would you do or say in dealing wiTh This person? We may learn diTTerenT ways oT approach- ing and Talking To people, buT above all we musT be in righT sTanding wiTh God and allow l-lis SpiriT To direcT our ThoughTs and words. We musT also know God's word in order To Tell and convince oThers ThaT whaT we have is worTh living Tor. -Josiah Beiler 1- RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC' Speaking To yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiriTual songs, singing and making melody in your hearT To The Lord. Eph. 5:l9. This is whaT we endeavored To do in RudimenTs oT Music class. We used a book ThaT TaughT The.TundamenTals oT music. Our Teacher, BroTh- er Aaron Weaver, drew The Tive lines and Tour spaces, called The sTaTT, on The board. On The sTaTT, he drew The noTes and poinTed To The noTes we were To sing. SomeTimes iT goT raTher conTusing. We learned, or aT leasT Tried To learn, boTh round and shaped noTes. We also learned To read The Time signaTure and To bea+ Time accordingly. I TrusT ThaT Those oT us who have Taken This course have learned how To beTTer sing praises To our Lord and Maker. -Wilmer Eshbach 29 YOUTH PROBLEMS T YouTh problems. WhaT are They? you ask. Well, ThaT is iusT whaT we discussed in YouTh Problems class. WiTh Bro. Ben Eshbach as The Teacher, we began by Taking a look aT our salvaTion, and how we can be assured oT iT. This is basic To solving The problems in- volved in This period oT liTe. We also discussed The necessiTy of proper aTTire, a problem ThaT is noT really Too greaT To The Truly born again ChrisTian, buT yeT so many young, people are showing an evidence oT an uncrucified liTe in This area. We also discussed some oT The principles in choosing a life companion: A. Pure ThoughTs lead To a pure liTe. B. We can'T aTTord To neglecT our privaTe devoTional liTe. C. Are our inTeresTs The same? D. Young Tolks should always seek counsel of some maTure person be- Tore daTing. Also, we discussed The purpose oT courT- ship and how iT should be conducTed, The seriousness oT engagemenT and marriage, how To prepare Tor a God cenTered wedding, and a home life ThaT God can bless. YouTh problems proved To be a very prac- Tical class and gave us many ThoughTs and warnings To heed as we sTrive Toward perTec- Tion in The midsT oT a loose moral socieTy. -Luke G. Sensenig TYPING PaTience is a virTue, possess iT if you can, is The saying ThaT is someTimes heard. Typing can be a means oT TesTing The paTience oT an individual. SomeTimes we wished we could go a biT TasTer, buT couldn'T seem Tosremember The locaTion oT The keys. We knew, however, ThaT we would hardly dare To sTeal a glance aT The keyboard iT we wished To masTer The course. And so we labored slowly buT surely on. This class meT in The dining room wiTh SisTer Anna Eshbach as Teacher. Using Tor a TexTbook. Typing Made Simple , we began wiTh iusT a Tew leTTers, going on To words, senTences. and shorT paragraphs. Many Times we were discouraged by our misTakes, buT we kepT sTriving Toward per- TecTion. -Sandra KurTz

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CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP The sfudy of Chrisfian Sfewardship is a very challenging one. If we as Chrisfians accusfom ourselves fo fhe fhoughf fhaf all belongs fo God, fhen we have fhe responsi- bilify fo use all fhafcomes info our possession in ways fhaf will be pleasing fo God. We need fo give ourselves over fo God and as sfewards we need nof despair if if is only a Iiffle we can do for him. As sfewards of God we are fesfed nof so much by 'rhe amounf we give, as by fhe way we handle whaf we receive. This class has been very challenging fo me because we are responsible as fo how we use our fime, our money, our falenfs, 'and every- fhing God has given us. A -Leon Marfin EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES' REVIVALS Godfs spokesman fo us was Brofher Elmer Grove. He was faifhful in showing us whaf God is offering fo us. God speaks fo us 'rhrough His Word which shows us our' sinful condifion. If is wise 'ro fake care of our sins in fhe days of our youfh. We can live a vicforious Chrisfian life when we expose and confess our sins. We need fo live for Chrisf insfead of self. When we do fhis if will be evidenf by our way of life. When we are yielded fo God, He will reveal His will fo us. Those who are living in obedience fo God. have a glorious hope for fhe fufure. As new commifmenfs were made fo Chrisf, peace flooded our souls and we were encour- aged fo a closer walk wifh God. ' -Mary Alice McDorman it-u 2nd TERM REVIVALS Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Thou arf fhe Poffer! I am fhe clay. Mould me and make me affer Thy will. While I am waifing, yielded and sfill. This was fhe song on our lips and fhe prayer of our hearfs during fhe inspiring mes- sages 'rhaf God senf fo us fhrough Brofher Paul Ebersole. The spirif of revival could be sensed as many sfudenfs redicafed fheir lives and made new commifmenfs fo Chrisf. 3 I This peace fhaf fhe world cannof give can be ours only when we have given up self and allowed Chrisf fo have full confrol of our lives. We were again reminded of fhe need of fhe crucified life, one fhaf is spirif confrolled, which is essenfial for spirifual growfh. The af- fifude of everyone living fhe crucified life should be: Lord, whaf will Thou have me fo do? We were encouraged fo sfrive for a gen- uine faifh. a faifh fhaf follows God's will. Evi- dences of fhis faifh were observed in Moses' life. A message on fhe Lord's Refurn was pre- senfed and we were admonished fo live a pure, holy, and diligenf life. Leff wifh us as a challenge was: Where will you spend efernify? -Karen Rhodes n1nin1g gg REVIVAL MEETINGS , . We were privileged fo enjoy fhe effecfs of rivers of living wafer from fhe wells of salvafion in our revival meefings, wifh Brofher Isaac Sensenig as evangelisf. We were broughf face 'ro face wifh many pracfical scripfural frufhs. We as humans are nafurally evaders in facing sprifiual issues, be- cause of fhe fear of whaf facing issues square- ly will cosf fhe self life. However, if is only as we face issues honesfly, fhaf we can experience 'rhe deep peace of God. Our brofher also challenged us fo be whaf God- wanfs us fo be 'as a vifal link in fhe chain of His greaf redempfive program.